Saturday 26th May

Great Cassock Run + Cake Sale

10am to 12 noon

Sponsor forms are at the back of ‘church’.

Cakes from cake stall in church grounds.






Diamond Jubilee Faith Lunch

Sunday 3rd June

To mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, we will be enjoying a ‘faith lunch; in Friendship House and the surrounding environs – please sign the list at the back of ‘church’ if you will be partaking and if you can provide some food, please sign your name against the food you can bring. 

Thank you Joyce Lewis and Team

PS Don’t forget your Union Jack!



Diamond Jubilee

 In addition to the above, if you wish to send your congratulations to Her Majesty, there will be a ‘booklet’ in ‘church’ in which you are invited to write your message.  This will be available before and after our Services on Sunday 27th May and Sunday 3rd June, at our
Jubilee Lunch and on Saturday mornings 26th May, 2nd & 9th June and Wednesday afternoons 29th & 5th June.  Please invite your family, friends and neighbours to join with us in expressing our congratulations and best wishes to Her Majesty.









Calling all would be Bell Ringers!

If you would like to try your arms at bell ringing then please let me know, Peter, our Tower captain, is keen to build up his team.  Practices will usually be on Tuesday evenings at 7pm.

Rev David


 
 
 
 
 Rev David and Rev Rachel do the Great Cassock Run!

Raising money for the Church Drive Appeal

Saturday, 26 May.

10am to 12 noon

or longer if we’ve got the stamina!

Sponsor forms are at the back of ‘church’.
 
 




Coach trip to Cambridge

Saturday 1st September

Coach leaves 8.30am returns for about 6.00pm

Tickets
£12 from Esther Collington,

tel 875 7085

Book early to secure your seat.


 
 





Church Magazine

As you are no doubt aware our magazines are distributed through our local shops and some members of our fellowship deliver them to homes within our parish – if you’d like to deliver some of our magazines to neighbours/friends/relatives each month, then please have a word with Donna.

Thanks, Rev David








Garden Party - Sunday 1st July

Following the very successful Garden Party last year we are repeating the venue this year - Friendship House and environs.  Please make a note of the date in your diary and start collecting good value items for our stalls and for prizes.  If you are prepared to run/help at a stall then please have a word with Joyce Lewis.

Thanking you in anticipation.








Church Drive Appeal

I am delighted to report that we have already secured approximately half of the money needed!  So we hope to be able to get the work started asap.  If you’d like to contribute towards this much needed work, then please put your donation in an envelope marked ‘Church Drive Appeal’ and drop it round to the vicarage. 

Thanking you in anticipation.

 





Growing God’s Church

On one of the doors in Friendship House you’ll see a length of wallpaper with lots of writing on it – this is not a graffiti wall but a mapping of all the activities that All Saints Church undertake.  We tried to place these activities, according to whom they mainly served, on a spectrum from those with whom we have little or no contact to those who are ‘active Christians’.  The idea being that we can
then see if there are any ‘gaps’ and, if so, we can give prayerful thought to how these ‘gaps’ may be filled –that’s what those who met last Wednesday are now doing and we are all welcome to add our own prayer thoughts and to feed in any ideas that are brought to our
mind.  As you’ll see, we already do a lot but there’s always more that God may call us to do in our service of this parish.

Thankyou in anticipation, Revs David & Rachel



 



 Rachel Thursdays!

Most Thursdays Rev Rachel will be working in Kirk Hallam during the day - if you’d like to see
Rev Rachel or for Rev Rachel to visit you on a Thursday then please arrange
this with her beforehand.  Tel 0115 9727275, e-mail rev.rach@gmail.com.





 Coming soon ...
 The Big Lunch & More than Gold
 
The Big Lunch is set for Sunday 3rd June 2012 and is a community project focused on the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – if you feel called to be part of a team spearheading this in Kirk Hallam, then please have a word with Rev David.
 
More than Gold is another community initiative, this one runs alongside the Olympic Games in 2012 – again, if you feel called to be part of a team spearheading this in Kirk Hallam, then please have a word with Rev David.

 




Lay Ministry Training & the Journey in Faith Course
 
Information about these is now available, please visit:
http://www.derby.anglican.org/index.php/chirch-at-work/mission-and-ministry-/training/laity
or contact Amy Rees: 01332 388670 or amy.rees@derby.anglican.org
 







Friendship House Library
 
Cathy and Caitlin have persuaded me to have a long overdue sort-out in my office – part of which has meant my going through my books. This has prompted me to set up a ‘library’ in Friendship House from which you are all free to borrow any book that catches your eye – I’d much rather they were borrowed and read than sat gathering dust on my book shelves.  So, please feel free to browse and borrow.
Rev David






All Saints’ Finances
 
In these days of depressing financial news, it’s good to be able to report that, at our PCC meeting on 18 May, 2011, we projected another year when our income should exceed our expenditure!  We give thanks to God for His gracious generosity and continue to trust ourselves and this part of His Church to His provision.
Rev David on behalf of our PCC








We’re on Facebook!
 
Our ‘Eleven Eleven’ Worship is now on Facebook visit our site on
www.facebook.com/11.11KHCH








Church Open
 
Just a reminder that we are able to have our church building open on Wednesdays from 2pm to 4pm and on Saturdays from 10am to 12noon for anybody who wishes to take a quiet moment in this sacred space.  There is also an open prayer meeting on Saturdays from 9.3oam to 10am for any who wish to take a moment in corporate prayer.
Thank you, Rev David








AGM ‘Election’ Results 2011
 
Churchwardens:       Brian Bostock and Barry Phillips
PCC Members:         William Bellaby, Joyce Lewis, Joyce Nevett, Jane Mortimer, Clive Parry, Sue Rollisson, Ken Udall and Janet Wheeldon.
Deanery Synod Representatives:     
Jean Fowler, Wendy Smedley and Dorothy Wright.
 
We give thanks to God that they have offered to serve All Saints in these ways and we pray God’s Blessing for them in the year ahead.
Rev David








STAMPS
 
Please save the used stamps from your letters and put them in the box at the back of Friendship House for Donna to collect on behalf of Leprosy Mission.Thank you








‘Make a Difference’
 
Parents & Grandparents are urgently needed to visit and befriend families with young children who are going through difficult times or have special needs.  If you feel that you may be able to offer such support, then please have a word with me for further details.
Thanks, Rev David








Prayer Ministry
 
Pray is at the heart of our walk with Christ and prayer support for each other is a vital part of this walk.  Sometimes individuals need someone to spend a moment with them in quiet, confidential prayer.  I hope we can offer this, when needed, after our worship in both the morning and evening. If you feel you could be part of a team to offer such prayer support, then please have a word with me – support and guidance will be provided.
Thank you, Rev David






Mothers’ Union 2011
 
Following the recent elections, I am delighted to announce the  results:
All Saints Branch Leader : Jean Fowler
Secretary: Jane Mortimer
Treasurer: Janet Wheeldon
Branch Committee: Jean Fowler, Jane Mortimer, Janet Wheeldon and Irene Bostock
Deanery Committee Representatives: Jane Mortimer and Wendy Smedley.
 
We say a huge THANK YOU to Vera Wealthall,  who stands down from Branch Leader at the end of her term of office, for all the work she has done and trust that Vera can now sit back and relax as a valued member.








Fancy trying your arms at Bell Ringing? – Have a word with Peter Bostock or myself.
Thanks, Rev David








“Memories of Kirk Hallam”  published 1998, copies of the text are available via  e-mail – see me for details
Thanks, Rev David







Excellence in the Community Awards

On Tuesday evening 12th October, 2011, I had the great pleasure of going to The Dome in Buxton with Brian and his gang.  Brian and his gang – Derek, Derek, Darren, David and Bob – are the ‘lads’ who work so hard to keep our churchyard in such tip top condition - I believe that you’d have to travel a long, long way to find a church yard in such a well kept shape.  Their hard work was recognised at this evening’s event with their being awarded a beautiful glass plaque and a framed certificate by Derbyshire County Council as part of their annual ‘Excellence in the Community Awards’.  In all a total of 82 individuals and groups received such awards and it was wonderful to see Brian and his gang go forward to receive such a richly deserved award.  Well done!
Thanks also go to Alan Boswell for his valuable work maintaining the mowers for the ‘gangs’ work in the churchyard.
It was equally satisfying to see a member of our church going forward to receive her ‘Excellence in the Community Award’ for her voluntary work with the 1st Kirk Hallam Brownie Group. What began as helping out for a couple of weeks became a joy for the next 49 years and continues to be so today, even though now retired from office.  Well done!
Rev David







  
  


Notice that someone’s not in Church?
  
Why not take them a newsletter and call in for a chat? In addition, if you know of any person who would like to receive Holy Communion at home before Christmas, then please let me know and I’ll do my best to visit them.
Thanks Rev David 
   
   


 


Open Church

Our church building is open on Wednesday afternoons from 2pm to 4pm and on Saturday mornings from 10am to 12 noon.  If you wish to look around this ancient building or to take a quiet moment to reflect, pray, light a prayer candle  or simply take time apart     from the bussle of everyday life, then please feel free to drop in.  There will be somebody present if you wish to talk with them or pray with them.
 Just a reminder that if you could spare half-an-hour or more, at any time in the week, to enable our ‘church’ to be open, then please contact either myself or one of the churchwardens for a key.

Thanking you in anticipation, Rev David
 

 



Readers in our Worship 

 We are always on the lookout for more people to read the lessons in our worship - if you would like to be part of this team, then please have a word with Rev. Fergus. 
 
 






Intercessors in our Worship
 
We are always on the lookout for more people to lead the Intercessions in our worship - if you would like to be part of this team, then please have a word with Rev. Fergus.